This Crock Pot Cheesy Potatoes and Chicken recipe is super simple, while still being delicious! The cheese sauce compliments the chicken and potatoes wonderfully!
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How to Make Cheesy Potatoes and Chicken in a Slow Cooker
Aunt Lou here.
I was thinking the other day what I could make from what I had in the cabinets. Then I remembered the Crock Pot Cheesy Potatoes and Smoked Sausage I made, and thought, “Hey! I could try that with chicken!” It worked out really well! I added in a bit more milk so you don’t have to pre-cook the potatoes, so it is a thinner sauce than the original recipe I adapted this from, but it is so yummy!
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Crock Pot Cheesy Potatoes and Chicken Recipe
Crock Pot Cheesy Potatoes and Chicken
Ingredients
- 8 potatoes peeled and cut into small cubes
- 1 onion diced
- 16 oz Velveeta cubed
- 1.5 lb boneless, skinless chicken cut into large cubes
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cup milk
Instructions
- Put all your ingredients in your 6-quart slow cooker with the potatoes on bottom
- Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours or high for 2-3 hours, stirring occasionally.
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- As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. As a result, your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish. The auto-calculation is just an automated estimate and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.
- All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
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This is a great base recipe. I changed some things based off of previous comments. I cannot stress seasoning enough. I liberally added garlic salt with parsley, garlic powder, onion powder and seasoned the potatoes onion and chicken in the crockpot. Stirred. Added 1 can Cream of Chicken and apox 1/4 cup of milk. I let that cook on low for about 4 hrs and then added 12 oz Velveeta in the last hour of cooking. Served with green onions on top.
I know it says 315kcal for this recipe, is that per serving? as in 315000 calories?? I’d love to try this but my husband is counting calories and I want to be sure to have a proper number.
Here is an explanation of kcals I found online: The calorie content is often given in kcals, which is short for kilocalories, and also in kJ, which is short for kilojoules. A kilocalorie is another word for what’s commonly called a calorie, so 1,000 calories will be written as 1,000kcals. Kilojoules are the metric measurement of calories. Hope this helps clear it up.
I’m gonna make this soon, but wondering if you could add another vege like maybe broccoli.
I haven’t tried adding broccoli to this recipe, but think it could work! If you give it a try, let me know how it goes!
I will for sure thanks.
I made a few additions to this – I added garlic powder, butter, cream cheese, mexican blend cheese, parmesan cheese. Family loved it! Thank you!
That sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing!
I love y’all’s recipes, but I so often come into the issue of the “cheese” almost always being Velveeta. No one in our house likes it or will eat it (we’re a family of 10). Would be thrilled to have a real cheese estimate included with your recipes. Thanks!
Hi Amber-
We use a variety of cheeses on the large library of recipes we have on the site. While you can always try substituting cheddar when you find Velveeta listed, it will almost always have a different consistency. Sometimes that will be no big deal, other times it will likely have more of an oily result that some find unappetizing. Unfortunately we don’t give recommendations for substitutions we haven’t tested first because we can’t know how it will turn out and we don’t want to mislead anyone.
If you want to find recipes where we have used cheddar (or other specific cheeses), you can type in the name of the cheese into our recipe finder here: https://www.recipesthatcrock.com/recipe-index/
Hope that helps.
I tried it not using velveeta but grated my own instead. I’m a good cook but this ended in the oven as even grated it was too heavy for the crockpot. I also had to adjust with some cream cheese and a cornstarch slurry to help bind it together.
How much salt and pepper do you add to this?
Hi Bobby!
As a rule of thumb, I always start with a little and add more if needed. It depends on personal preference. My hubs LOVES pepper. I, on the other hand, am not a big fan. (He peppers his plate so heavily that I sneeze from across the table! lol) If you want a measurement, maybe 1/2 teaspoon to start of each. If it seems bland, add a dash of salt to your serving. Salt is meant to bring out the flavor of the other ingredients, not overpower them. Make sense?
Aunt Lou
I am making it right now on high it is in for 2hrs now. It is smooth but wondering if it will thicken up? Can’t wait to try it.
What did you think Cheryl? I hope you enjoyed it as much as we do!
This was not good all. Very disappointing.
I’m sorry you didn’t like this recipe April! We understand that every recipe is not everyone’s cup of tea. I hope you find one you love in our over 1,000 recipes!
~Aunt Lou
Cheesy potatoes and chicken was easy to make. Why did my Velvetta cheese sauce look curdled? I did stir occasionally but never became cheese sauce. Probably won’t try again.
I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy this recipe. We realize that every recipe won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. We hope you find one you love in our over 1000 recipes!
My husband id not a lover of chicken.so, by cutting it up, and getting in the crock pot, he won’t know what is all about, so it will be interesting. Will try to let you know the surprise goes.
How did your surprise go June?
Very yummy. Been trying some different recipes, to get away from “the same old same old”, This is very easy, and very good. Will make it again.
I’m so glad to hear you liked it Linda! I hope you find more recipes to enjoy here!
~Aunt Lou
No sure why, but mine was not smooth and creamy, it was really runny. I followed the recipe exactly, howerver, it tasted great.
I’m sorry to hear that Laura. Did it thicken up as it cooled a bit? I’m not sure why it would have been runny. I’m glad you liked the taste.
Aunt Lou
So disappointed! This looked delicious, but it looks horrible! It’s not smooth and creamy at all. I’m assuming because of the potatoes.
I’m so sorry you were disappointed Kara. Did you stir it occasionally while cooking? That should have smoothed out the sauce.
Aunt Lou
You could have mixed the cheese and milk together before adding it to the crockpot.
I was wondering, it says 8 potatoes. What kind & size potatoes do you use? I’m guessing it’s the small, new potatoes, but I want to make sure before I make it. Thanks!
Hi Sarah!
I used 8 medium sized russet potatoes. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
Aunt Lou
I assume the chicken you are placing in the crock pot is raw, right? No need to cook it before placing it?
You are correct Becky! Enjoy!
Have you tried this in the instapot? I wonder how long it would take?
Hi Laura!
We always make things in the crock pot first (if it can be made in a crock pot), then the instant pot. I really loved this recipe, so I suspect I’ll be giving a try in the instant pot soon! However, I don’t want to give recommendations without actually trying it. We sometimes have to make a recipe a few times to make the adjustments needed to give our readers the best chance at success. I’ll get this one on my list to try in the instant pot and post the link back here when I get it up on here.
Aunt Lou
I’m confused. At the top of the recipe, it says total cook time is four hours. In the recipe, it says coupon high to three hours. So which is it? I really want to make this, but I’m confused.
That was supposed to read, “Cook on high 2-3 hours.” Sorry.
Sorry about that Charlie! The recipe was supposed to say 4-6 hours on low or 2-3 hours on high. I have corrected the recipe card! Enjoy!
Aunt Lou